Meet GaYBOR Member of the Week

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David Karst
David Karst has been a long time friend and is also one of the founding members of GaYBOR District Coalition. David is the Director of Suncoast Project, a part of AIDS Services Association Pinellas (ASAP). This weekend is AIDS Walk St. Petersburg 2011, one of many projects that help finance ASAP services and keeping the community informed and educated. On a monthly Saturday night the ASAP mobile unit would be parked in Czar parking lot with FREE HIV Testing. The mobile unit will returning soon David has told us. Always helpful and pleasant to work with. Country music and country men are David’s favorites! 

When is a film… a film?

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Interesting changes have occurred in the film industry the past 5 years. I have always been a  movie nut focused on any and all GLBT themes. I have been in the “movie closet” for 40+ years but with that being said I still envision a better GLBT produced movie. One with realism, ambiance and truthful honest real settings. Even though I have over 8600 DVD and over 9,000 videos in collection I still wonder.

    All the movies that had a couple of film slides together in the 1970’s was called a remarkable piece of gay history. I have been in front and behind the scenes to films production, direction and completion! Mark & I have edited more editorial explanations to gay movies than I care to admit to. And in our early years we were always waining for more expletives, more romance, more interpersonal concern, and a queen not living the kings lifestyle way of life type movies. It took many years before Hollywood heard us and followers of gay cinema critics received there wishes.
    I recently referenced a movie I was asked about and looked into it. The one book that has a lot of reliable knowledge is “The Ultimate Guide to Lesbian & Gay Film and Video” by Jenni Olson ,1996. I also noticed that a majority of the films listed in the book were in the 3 – 9 minute range. Most can’t be obtained or seen! Oh what a shame.
    I was thinking about how times have veneered many great indie films and imaginative video clips that come out daily on You Tube!  It’s another modern movie world!
 
 
TIME TESTED: Top Ten Films of All Time From Gay /Lesbian Standpoint
The Top Ten All Time Great Films by 200 Gay & Lesbian film and video makers, curators and critics that were surveyed in 1993. Frameline’s surveys were sent out to 250 men and 200 women that were GLBT media professionals in the movie industry. When the results were tabulated 210 responses were received and compiled.  www.Frameline.org
 
1).    Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock,1958, USA
2).    Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder, 1950, USA
3).    Times of Harvey Milk, Robert Epstein 1984, USA
4).    La Dolce Vita, Federico Fellini, 1960, Italy /France
5).    Jeanne Dielman, Chantel Akerman,1975, Belgium/ France
6).    Citizen Kane, Orson Wells, 1941, USA
7).    Imitation of Life, Douglas Sirk, 1959, USA
8).    The Wizard of OZ, Victor, Fleming, 1939 USA
9).    Thelma & Louise, Ridley Scott, 1991, USA
10).   Law of Desire, Pedro Almodovar, 1987, SpainUltimate Guide to Lesbian & Gay Film and Video”
 
from 1993 Survey in ” The Ultimate Guide to Lesbian & Gay Film and Video”